On 24 February, the China Certification accreditation Association held a symposium in Beijing on industry self-discipline for organic product certification bodies, with cnca Deputy Director Che Wenyi attending and delivering a speech. Executive Vice President Li Xiaolan, Secretary-General Zhao Zongbo, and Deputy Secretary-General Xu Defeng of the China Certification accreditation Association also attended. The meeting discussed organic...
cnca held a training meeting for the organic product certification mark record management system.
On 24 February 2012, the training meeting on the record-filing and management system for organic product certification marks, organised by the cnca Information Centre, was successfully held in Beijing. Mr Gu Shaoping, Director of the cnca Registration Department, delivered an opening speech, followed by Mr Wang Hai, Director of the cnca Information Centre, and Mr Zhang Tao, Division Chief...
FOFCC successfully holds training course for certified enterprise directors and internal inspectors
On February 22-23, 2012, Liaoning Fangyuan Organic Food Certification Co., Ltd. (FOFCC) held a training course in Shenyang for heads of certified organic product enterprises and internal inspectors. Leaders from the Provincial Department of Environmental Protection and the Quality Supervision Bureau were invited to attend the meeting and delivered important sp...
Taiwan media say Lien Chan sends organic cereal to Xi Jinping in line with mainland austerity drive
China News Service, February 25. Around 09:00 on the morning of the 25th, Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang Lien Chan met with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. According to Taiwan's TVBS news channel, in keeping with the Chinese mainland officialdom's emerging “simplicity style”, the gift prepared by Lien Chan for Xi Jinping was health-improving five-grain powder, organic brown rice and wheat...
The EU and the US have signed an organic equivalence agreement
According to Taiwan, China's Central News Agency, the US and the EU signed an agreement in Nuremberg, Germany today to integrate organic food certification, simplifying administrative procedures and facilitating the sale of organic agricultural products produced in Europe and America in each other's markets. Initial estimates suggest this agreement could generate 40 billion euros in profit for both sides.
According to the English weekly "European...
Certification and Accreditation Administration releases the Catalogue of Organic Product Certification
Organic Products Certification Catalogue
No. Product Name Product Scope Production Plant category (including wild plant collection) Cereals 1 Wheat Wheat 2 Maize Maize; sweetcorn; waxy maize 3 Paddy rice Paddy rice 4 Foxtail millet Foxtail millet 5 Sorghum Sorghum 6 Barley Barley; malting barley; feed barley 7 Oats Naked oats; oats 8 Minor cereals Broomcorn millet...
Shenyang Daily: Agricultural University to build 30,000-mu organic vegetable base
On 19 January, as reporters walked into Kewen Farm in Zhoutuozi Village, Xinmin City, they saw various vegetables “smiling” inside rows of high-standard solar greenhouses. Kewen Farm is a vegetable industrialisation base of Shenyang Agricultural University, and construction began in 2007...
The humble earthworm is set to become organic farmers' new weapon
Researchers at Cornell University discovered that earthworm castings (especially compost using different species of earthworms) are not only a great fertiliser, but can also help greenhouse farmers prevent common pathogens. Working with New York compost producers, they found ways to improve crop health...
Notice on Holding Training Courses for Certified Clients' Persons in Charge and Internal Inspectors (Promotion and Implementation of Organic Product Certification Implementation Rules and New Standards)
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Agricultural University professor: The prospects for organic agriculture in our country are very bright
In recent years, as people's awareness of food safety has grown, organic food has gradually accounted for an increasingly high proportion of daily consumption, and organic agriculture industry products have also maintained a favorable development momentum. At present, what are the misconceptions regarding organic agriculture and organic products? The development of the organic agriculture industry...
Notice on the suspension of organic processing certificate
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Notice regarding the change of FOFCCcertificate number
To all certified organisations:
Liaoning Fangyuan Organic Food Certification Co., Ltd. (FOFCC) received a notice issued by the China National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA) on 23 December 2011.
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Notice on the National Registered Organic Product Certification Inspector Transition Training Examination - URGENT!!
cnca has revised the new version of the National Standard for Organic Products, the Implementation Rules for Organic Products Certification, and the Organic Products Certification Catalogue, which will be released soon. To ensure the smooth implementation of the provisions in the aforementioned documents, cnca will commission certification accreditation...
Rayli (Dianhe) organic foods selling well on the mainland, Hong Kong residents organise groups to stock up
So far this year, people's nutritional value and acceptance of organic food have been widespread accreditation. With the continuous increase in the demand and desire for a quality life and physical and mental health, a wave of panic-buying organic food has been set off all over the country, putting pressure on the simultaneously launched ipho...
The 5th Organic Product Certification Technology Forum is held in Fuzhou
To summarise and discuss experiences and issues in the certification, regulation, and implementation of food and agricultural products, further strengthen the supervision of food and agricultural product certification work, make full use of certification tools to serve regional economic development, cnca is scheduled to hold the “2011... in Fuzhou from 26 to 28 November 2011.
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